Baird Financial Group Inc. Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $VCR

Baird Financial Group Inc. lowered its stake in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:VCR) by 7.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,221 shares of the company’s stock after selling 100 shares during the quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF were worth $397,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Tortoise Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 16.6% during the 1st quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 582 shares of the company’s stock worth $189,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Apexium Financial LP boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Apexium Financial LP now owns 6,917 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,251,000 after acquiring an additional 313 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 201,351 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,542,000 after acquiring an additional 10,868 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 20.0% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 179,831 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,551,000 after acquiring an additional 30,017 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Summit Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF by 3.4% during the 1st quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 2,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $901,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF stock opened at $394.93 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.60 billion, a PE ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 1.27. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a 1-year low of $285.13 and a 1-year high of $402.25. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $377.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $351.87.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund. It employs investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International United States Investable Market Consumer Discretionary Index, an Index of stocks of large, medium, and small United States companies in the consumer discretionary sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).